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Beecher · Suburb / Locality

Health & Disability in Beecher

Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.

Health outcomes in Beecher have seen a steady improvement since 2011. Residents here are generally healthier than those in most other areas, with only 24.2% reporting a long-term health condition.

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📍 Beecher, Suburb / Locality

Where Beecher sits — People with a long-term health condition

24.2%

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Beecher — lower than 73% of areas.

Beecher24.2%
4680, QLD 27.1%
Queensland 28.8%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Far fewer people in Beecher live with long-term health issues compared to the Queensland figure of 28.8%. This trend is especially clear for mental health, where the local rate of 5.5% is well below the national figure of 8.8%.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Beecher, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 18%.

None 67.6% One condition 16.1% Two conditions 4.8% Three or more 3.0%

Long-term health conditions reported

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No single group dominates in Beecher — Arthritis leads at 23%, ahead of Other condition (16%) and Asthma (15%).

Arthritis 9.7% Other condition 6.7% Asthma 6.2% Mental health 5.5% Heart disease 4.3% Diabetes 3.3% Cancer 2.4% Lung condition 2.2% Dementia 0.8% Stroke 0.8%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

About 5.4% of people in Beecher need some help with daily activities, which is about the same as the figures for both Queensland and Australia.

People needing help with daily activities

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5.4% ▲ +459.8%

Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people with a core-activity need for assistance due to disability or age.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Beecher [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30197/beecher/topic/health-disability